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Subject: RE: [Wikimediauk-l] Urgent: interview request from BBC Radio
Scotland about women and Wikipedia
From: <iain.macdonald@wikinewsie.org>
Date: Mon, August 08, 2011 5:28 pm
To: "Douglas Gardner" <douglas@chippy.ch>

Ha! I'm a (bad) actor and I can think on my feet, so I could probably handle it... But my inactivity makes me a poor choice.

Regarding what's been said about figures, I do seem to recall there was some kind of survey done. That said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_survey is unhelpful in that regard, as is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:BIAS - so maybe I'm wrong there. Actually, it's quite telling that en:WP:BIAS scarcely mentions gender. A systemically biased page on systemic bias...

Iain

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Urgent: interview request from BBC Radio
Scotland about women and Wikipedia
From: Douglas Gardner <douglas@chippy.ch>
Date: Mon, August 08, 2011 5:07 pm
To: iain.macdonald@wikinewsie.org

I cannot imagine you on radio. :P

Douglas

On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 3:01 PM, <iain.macdonald@wikinewsie.org> wrote:
> If I was as active as I was a few years ago on WP, I'd jump at it (I'm an
> admin). As it is, nowadays I'm semiretired and not up to speed on what goes
> on there - a shame; as a Scot, I'm ideal for them. Although, I'm busy much
> of this afternoon owing to an urgent vet appointment.
> I was planning to take myself off this list, it was only meant to be
> temp.... But every so often, something catches my interest. :p
> Iain (Blood Red Sandman onwiki).
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Urgent: interview request from BBC Radio
> Scotland about women and Wikipedia
> From: David Gerard <dgerard@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, August 08, 2011 2:46 pm
> To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
>
> On 8 August 2011 14:40, Michael Peel <michael.peel@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> "I'm writing to you from BBC Radio Scotland's "Newsdrive" programme.  We
>> spotted an article in today's press about Wikipedia's drive for more female
>> contributors and would like to requst an interview with Jimmy Wales.  If
>> that's not possible, would  there be anyone else from Wikipedia available to
>> talk to us at 17.45 UK time ?  It would be a short interview over the
>> telephone (3.00-3.30 mins). We'd be asking why there's a shortage of female
>> contributors, and what subjects women might be more likely cover."
>
>
> Probably not able to do this one myself ... but do we have talking
> point answers on this one? Anything resembling actual data, not
> surmise.
>
>
> - d.
>
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